Barton: Uncork the whine

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day. It’s a day designated for Americans to count their blessings while they consume a big meal, loosen their belts, fall asleep while watching pro football on TV, wake up, stuff themselves a scond time, snooze, wake up, remove or unhitch any tight-fitting clothes and then have extra dessert.

But not necessarily in that order.

So what does that make today, the day before Thanksgiving? As it stands now, it’s a mostly wasted, mid-week hump day when most people watch clocks and count down the minutes until quitting time.

Here’s a thought.

If Thanksgiving Day is supposed to unleash gushers of personal gratitude, which is a good thing, then why not do something today that might intensify that healthy and uplifting experience.

How? By encouraging people to do exactly the opposite during the 24 hours that precedes this holiday.

In other words, make today whiny Wednesday.

Unlike making turduckin, it’s a simple concept. Come up with a list of things for which you are ungrateful, items that make your teeth hurt and send steam shooting from your ears.

Then, come Thursday, the warm and fuzzy feelings of Thanksgiving Day will be all the more appreciated. The gratitude for family, friends and the really important stuff, like the Georgia Bulldogs having a shot at winning the national title in college football this season, will be free to flow, like grandma’s homemade gravy, out of every pore.

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You might have something here Barton. I propose we make every Wednesday Whiny Wednesday. We do it any way. Whine about the week so far, then whine about two more days before the weekend. So it's Whiny Wednesday from now on. Pas that bottle of whine.